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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?

2. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?

3. According to McCall in Chapter 43, how old is the daughter he supposedly had from the woman who claims to have had his child?

4. What is the name of McCall's brother that locates McCall's biological father after he has been absent from their lives for so long?

5. In Chapter 27, McCall has graduated from college and is looking for a job but he has two strikes against him, one being what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 35, how is McCall fitting into the mainstream?

2. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?

3. What does McCall fear about his kids from Debbie and what does he do about it, according to Chapter 34?

4. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?

5. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?

6. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?

7. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?

8. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?

9. How is McCall's life after being released from St Brides like starting life over?

10. In Part III, what relationship does McCall have with his editor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of McCall's approval of unusual names for black babies in relation to his need to rebel against all things mainstream.

Essay Topic 2

McCall is being beaten by the Cherry Boys and realizes they have no idea when or if they have gone too far in the beating, causing permanent damage or killing him. How does McCall's thoughts about this beating in Chapter 8 compare with his thoughts in Chapter 1 when they beat the white boy on the bicycle?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 12 explain the messages in the movies "Superfly" and "The Mack" and how these messages affect McCall and his friends. What does McCall note about the movies that he just lets go right by him?

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